I have a fun and easy way, to paint an abstract seascape painting, utilizing something we use in our everyday lives.
Keycard or credit card to shape the waves.
I am using 140lb cold pressed watercolor paper, any watercolor paper should work fine. Paints used:
- Titanium White
- Naples Yellow
- Cobalt Blue
- Alizarin Red
- Phthalo Blue
2” skipper brush, Skipper brushes are extremely firm made from ox hair bristle, love this brush, or any large brush that can hold a lot of paint and is firm will work.
Wet the lower ¾ of the page with water. Then lay in a heavy mixture of Alizarin Red, Phthalo and Cobalt Blue.
Scrape with keycard multiple times in horizontal directions, flipping wrist to get wave shapes.
Progress so far.
Lay-in some White pigment along random waves.
Scrape with keycard, flipping wrist to get wave shapes, using existing waves as a guideline.
Progress so far.
Apply heavy coat of Naples Yellow.
Filling in the top 1/3 of painting, the sky area, slightly mixing the pigment at the horizon line to add interest and soften the horizon.
Add Naples Yellow highlights to a few waves.
Scrape with keycard, flipping wrist to get wave shapes, mixing the yellow in to the existing waves.
Finished painting.
